Glastonbury Heads Up Final Boys Soccer Poll; Girls Place In Top 5

GLASTONBURY, CT — A second straight Class LL championship, and fifth in the past six seasons, propelled Glastonbury High School to the top spot in the final boys soccer coaches poll for 2018.

The Tomahawks, who shut out No. 2 seed Hall 1-0 in the finals Sunday at Veterans Stadium in New Britain, received 13 of 14 first-place votes in Classes LL-L. Class L titlist Daniel Hand received the other top nod.

The Glastonbury girls were Class LL semifinalists, dropping a tough 1-0 nailbiter to eventual state runner-up Staples, and wound up third in the LL-L balloting.

Here are the top 10 in Classes LL-L for both boys and girls soccer, with first-place votes in parentheses, as well as all other teams collecting votes.

BOYS

LL-L

1. Glastonbury (13)
2. Daniel Hand (1)
3. Hall
4. East Hartford
5. Maloney
6. Wethersfield
7. Pomperaug
8. Greenwich
9. Avon
10. Danbury

Also receiving votes: Farmington, Cheshire, Fairfield Prep, Conard, Trumbull, Xavier, South Windsor, Weston.

Coaches voting: Arnie Jandreau, Lyman Hall; Dave Zlatin, Avon; Dan Woog, Staples; Chris Laughton, Norwalk; Mark Landers, Glastonbury; Dave Yanosy, Southington; Jim Lewicki, Wilton; Joe Mancini,Pomperaug; Art Branco, Cheshire; Tony Fernandes, Bethel; Paul Winstanley, Joel Barlow; Zeke Seguro, Hall; Vic Santos, Independent; John Blomstrann, E.O. Smith.

GIRLS

LL-L

1. Ridgefield (4)
2. Staples
3. Glastonbury
4. Tolland
5. Newtown
6. St. Joseph
7. Suffield
8. (tie) Simsbury
   8. (tie) Southington
   10. Farmington

Also receiving votes: Watertown, Shelton, Masuk.

Coaches voting: Tom Cunningham, Fairfield Warde; Scott McMahon, Guilford; Jim Murray, Avon; David Sullivan, Suffield.

Photo credit: Tim Jensen

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